To build students’ mindfulness in social media spaces, we first need to help them see their participation in those networks as real reading and writing. The following activity, helps students to think about social media as a reading and writing space.
OpenSources (a curated resource for assessing online information sources, available for public use)
Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC News is an independent online media outlet. MBFC News is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices.)
AllSides which curates from various sources and "exposes bias and provides multiple angles on the same story so you can quickly get the full picture, not just one slant."
Chapter 6: The Moves of Argument in Social Media
Developing Arguments via Social Media
To build students’ mindfulness in social media spaces, we first need to help them see their participation in those networks as real reading and writing. The following activity, helps students to think about social media as a reading and writing space.
Fact Checking Sites
Resources from the Chapter
Resources Related to the "Fake News" Controversy that began in November/December 2016
Browser Extensions for Mindfully Reading in Relation to Fake News
Additional Resources
For more resources on teaching digital writing, please check out Troy's blog "Digital Writing, Digital Teaching" and resources on his wiki page. Additionally, check out the companion wiki for the books The Digital Writing Workshop and Crafting Digital Writing. For resources on Connected Reading, check out the companion wiki for the book Connected Reading: Teaching Adolescent Readers in a Digital World.